Buggy-top-bow support



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J. A. PAULIS. BUGGY TOP BOW SUPPORT.

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JOHN AUGUST PAULIS, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

BUGGY-TOP-BOW SUPPORT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 606,079, dated June 21, 1898.

Application filed April 28, 1898.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that 1, JOHN Aneusr PAULIS, a citizen of the United States, residing at St. Louis, in the State of Missouri, have invented a new and useful -Buggy-Top-Bow Support, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to certain improvements in supports for buggy-tops.

' In the support most commonly used for buggy-tops when folded down or opened there is a tendency for the rear bow of the bugg -top to buckle or bend, owing to the limited extent of support afforded, and at the same time there is a tendency for the top when folded to shake up and down over the support and thus injure the lower bow and increase the wear and tear of the top. The prop is sometimes attached to the back of the seat, and when so attached the blow caused by folding the top and the jarring over rough roads frequently causes the back of the seat to split or crack or the rail to bend or break, according to the manner of attaching the prop to the seat. The object of my invention is to obviate these defects by providing a broad support for the rear bow when folded down, whereby the severity of the blows to which the seat and prop are subjected in folding the top back is reduced materially and the'life of all the contacting parts greatly lengthened.

\Vith this object in View my invention consists in the improved construction, arrangement, and combination of parts hereinafter fully described and afterward specifically pointed out in the appended claim.

In order to enable others skilled in the art to which my invention most nearly appertains to make and use the same, I will now proceed to describe its construction and operation, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part'ofthis specification, in which Figure 1 isa side elevation of the seat of a buggy with the top thereon folded back and resting upon a prop or support constructed in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 is Serial RIO-679,155. (N0 model.)

a detail perspective view of my improved support detached. Fig. 3 is'a transverse section through one of the ends of the prop or support.

Like letters of reference mark the same parts wherever they occur in'the different figures of the drawings.

Referring to the drawings by letters, A indicates the seat, and B the rear carriage-bow.

My improved support consists of a hub D, provided with an angular openingE and laterally-extending arms F and G. Each of these arms is formed at its outer end into a U-shaped cradle or seat, as at H and I, the opening being upward and being lined with leather, rubber, or any soft material J to prevent injury to the sides of the bow B.

One of my improved supports is secured 65 in position at each end'of the seat-frame by means of a bolt K, fitting the angular opening E in orderto prevent the support from turning upon it. As the buggy-top is lowered'the rear bow B will drop into. the U shaped cradles or seats H and I in the holder, will rest upon the softleather or other material J thereof, and be supported by both ends of the holder, thus furnishing a broad support for the bow and the weight of the top resting thereon.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is

The herein-described support for buggtops, consisting of the hub D provided with the angular opening E, the oppositely-extended arms F and G, the U-shaped cradles or seats H and I at their outer ends, and the soft lining J in said seats, said support being 85 adapted to be secured to the ends of the seatframe by means of square bolts passed through the openings E and into the seatfraine, substantially as described.

JOHN AUGUST PAULIS. 

